Japan Dragon Moriage Tea Cup and Saucer Set

Meiji Satsuma Cup and Saucer by Kitagawa-zō with Dragons and Immortals, Signed Dai Nippon An extraordinary Meiji-period Satsuma porcelain cup and saucer, attributed to the distingui...

A beautiful artisanal handcrafted porcelain Dragon ware teacup. This set features a moriage dragon design. Created from slip and applied around the body...

An antique Japanese Meiji period enamel tea set adorned with intricate dragon motifs. Consisting of six cups, six saucers, a creamer, a lidded sugar bowl, and a tea pot. The exterior...

Exquisite Japanese contemporary Ko-Imari (Old Imari) style gilded hand painted porcelain cup and saucer. This extraordinary piece brings back the glory an...

A rare and exquisite find for collectors of fine European silver and decorative arts, this Antique Norwegian Silver and Cloisonné Enamel Demit...

A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain coffee cup & saucer. In a puce or purple Rose Mandarin variant. Decorated in polychrome enamels with puce colored cells and embellishments throughout. Depicting a scene with a woman and two children in a courtyard setting. (Perhaps a mother and her children...) Simply a wonderful Chinese porcelain cup and...

A fine pair of antique Japanese Imari porcelains demitasse coffee or tea cups & saucers. In the 'Black Ship' pattern. Decorated throughout with painted depictions of Western sailors and their ships in reds, blues, and greens with extensive gilt accents throughout. The centers of the cups and saucers each have a stylized gilt kanji for longevity (寿). The bases of both cups & saucers have apocryphal Chinese reign marks for the Ming Dynasty of the Chenghua period (太明成化年製). Black Ships (黒船, kurofune) was a name used for Western sea vessels arriving in Japan from the 16th - 19th Century. The name originated from the very first Portuguese vessels to trade with the Japanese ca. 1543 had hulls painted black. When the expedition of Matthew Commodore Perry in 1853 forcibly ended Japan's self-imposed isolationist sakoku (鎖国, lit. "locked country") period, his steam-powered warships inspired fear in the Japanese populace with their coal fueled black smoke. Subsequently, the Black Ships became symbolic of the end of Japan's isolationist period. Simply a wonderful set of antique Arita...

Description: Teacup with saucer and spoon in gilded silver with engraved plant motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 147.93 grams. Dimensions: ...

Elegant antique porcelain cup and saucer set, crafted in 19th century French style, inspired by the tradition of Sèvres porcelain. T...

A Chinese Export Silver Tea Cup and Saucer made in Hong Kong around 1900. The cup embossed and chased with birds and bamboo against a matte background, ...